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HOW GAINSBOROUGH WAS NAMED How the name Gainsborough was given to this years winner of the Xew Derby wartime sub ¬ stitute for the Epsom Derby the Two Thousand Guineas and the Newmarket Gold Cup is told by Edward 3Ioorhouse in the Bloodstock Breeders Re ¬ view Many readers writes Mr Moorhouse have no doubt wondered how Gainsborough came by the name he bears Is he called after the famous portrait painter The answer is in the negative Lady James Douglas tried hard fo find for him a name appropriate euphonious and suggesting his breeding Even Dr Platt will no doubt admit that the quest was an extremely difficult one At last Lady James abandoned the search took up a railway guide and turned over page after page until she came to Gainsborough That will do she thought it sounds well and has a good mas ¬ culine ring about It
